Arm could shake up entire gaming and PC industry by making its own chips
Arm, the UK company behind the core design used in millions chips that power devices worldwide, is apparently planning to get into the CPU-designing game itself. This speculation comes from a report showing that not only is the company planning on competing with its own customers but jacking up prices by up to 300% too. While Arm licenses its core CPU technology to other companies, it largely doesn’t actually design its own complete chips. Instead, its tech is incorporated into processors made by the likes of Apple, Nvidia, and Qualcomm. We saw the latter launch its new Snapdragon X laptop CPUs just recently, and while they made quite a splash, we're still some way from the best gaming PCs making the switch to Arm just yet. However, new rumors indicate that Nvidia is going to be stepping into the space and Arm is clearly bullish about the prospect of its own designs too. Continue reading Arm could shake up entire gaming and PC industry by making its own chips MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming
Arm, the UK company behind the core design used in millions chips that power devices worldwide, is apparently planning to get into the CPU-designing game itself. This speculation comes from a report showing that not only is the company planning on competing with its own customers but jacking up prices by up to 300% too.
While Arm licenses its core CPU technology to other companies, it largely doesn’t actually design its own complete chips. Instead, its tech is incorporated into processors made by the likes of Apple, Nvidia, and Qualcomm. We saw the latter launch its new Snapdragon X laptop CPUs just recently, and while they made quite a splash, we're still some way from the best gaming PCs making the switch to Arm just yet. However, new rumors indicate that Nvidia is going to be stepping into the space and Arm is clearly bullish about the prospect of its own designs too.
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